davenport



(No Model.)

. G. W. DAVENPORT.

Whiffletree Connection.

Patented May 1?, 1881.

N. PETERS. FMbLKhOgraph-r. Wnhinghm. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DAVENPORT, OF VERONA, NEW JERSEY.

WHlFFLETREE-CONNECTION. 1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,626, dated May 17, 1881.

Application filed February 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE'W. DAVEN- PORT, of Verona, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WVhiffletree -Go'nnections, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the connection for uniting the whifiletree with a cross-bar to secure more wear and protection against a liability of being detached in use and it consists in a central tube and bolt, in flanged washerplates, and in acombined top plate and clasp.

Figure is a plan. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection on a line ofar: a: on Fig. 2.

The cross-bar A has fitted in the lower side a washer-plate, l3, and secured to this plate is a tube, 0, made to extend up through the crossbar and through the whiffletree D. Between the cross-bar and the whiffletree are the washer-plates E, having each a flange, F, to form a bush-bearing for the tube, and to protect the wood from wear. On the top of the. whiffletree is the plate G, to which is secured the clasp H, becoming integral with it and having the lower end made to fit under the plate 8, with a hole in it to engage the end of the bolt I, used in h'oldingthe whiffietree together,

the nut K being turned on the end of the bolt. In this way I strengthen and protect the connection, as the tube is stronger than solid metal of the same size, and here it forms an arbor for the whiffletree to turn on, and the flanged washer-plates save wearing on the wood, and the plate G, and integral with it the clasp, prevent detachment of the Whittletree evenif the bolt worked out. Then Irequire but a small bolt, simply to hold the parts together, scarcely any strain or wear coming on it, and the nut is not taxed or liable to work off, and a slight turning of the nut tightens up the parts as the plate G bears on the top of the tube.

In a whiffietree-connection, the washer-plate B,- having integral therewith the tube 0, the washer-plates E, provided each with the flange F, the plate G, having the clasp H integral therewith, in combination with the bolt I and nut K, all substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GEORGE W. DAVENPORT.

Witnesses HORACE HARRIS, R. S. STEADMAN. 

